Flying
Star Feng Shui is all about directions. Compass
directions. And here is where things can start to
get confusing, but if you remember the one little fact
that I am about to tell you, you'll be OK.
Westerners
always put North at the top of our maps. Well, maybe
not always, but generally. However, the Chinese
don't. They put South at the tops of their maps.
If
you think about it, this makes just as much sense as the
way we do it - actually it might make a little more sense.
In the Northern Hemisphere, where the bulk of the worlds
continents are placed, the sun is mostly to the south
of us (yes, I know, we've always been taught that the
sun comes up in the east and sets in the west (which it
does) - but during most of the day the sun isn't right
overhead: it is actually more southerly than that).
Since the sun is frequently used as an object with which
to orient ourselves, putting the general direction the
sun hangs out in at the top of a map is quite logical.
So,
right now, break your habit of thinking of North
as "top". Since Flying Star Feng Shui is an Asian
art, we are always going to put South at the top
of our map. Always.
Always.
When
you look at a Flying Star grid, South will always be at
the top center, with the rest of the compass directions
laid out relative to it. The following picture should
make this very clear:
The
grid gets (a tiny bit) more interesting!
At
the risk of repeating myself, I will just have to repeat
myself (because if you forget this fact, things won't
make as much sense later on). Flying Star maps
always have the above orientation. Always.
Always, always, always, always, always. I have
to stop here, because if you say a word over and over
again, it starts to sound funny and begins to lose its
meaning. But don't forget! When you see
a Flying Star grid, South is at the top center.
Always.
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